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Are Sub-National Agreements for Carbon Abatement Effective?
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Iverson, Terrence Burgess, Joanne Barbier, Edward |
Copyright Year | 2020 |
Description | Although national commitments to the Paris Climate Accord have waned, carbon mitigation by sub-national entities is on the rise globally. We examine the effectiveness of sub-national jurisdictions (e.g., states, provinces, cities) in collectively enacting greenhouse gas abatement strategies. We develop a simple model to explore the conditions under which an agreement among sub-national jurisdictions within a country may lead to substantial carbon abatement relative to a national policy determined through majority rule. We find that, in the absence of a functional national policy response, a coordinated sub-national agreement can generate meaningful abatement. This could form an important stopgap measure in the absence of better alternatives. |
Starting Page | 3675 |
e-ISSN | 19961073 |
DOI | 10.3390/en13143675 |
Journal | Energies |
Issue Number | 14 |
Volume Number | 13 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2020-07-16 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Energies Agricultural Economics Carbon Abatement Climate Change Climate Policy Greenhouse Gas Emissions Paris Climate Agreement Sub-national Agreements |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |